Debasing encounter watch: Times reporters filibuster!

Speculation about primaries give way to speculation about VP picks. Meanwhile, almost everyone killed some time last night discussing the New York Times' front-page report about that "debasing encounter" with Candidate Trump back in 1990.

On MSNBC, Lawrence landed the get. The Times reporters who assembled the farce appeared as part of a twelve-minute segment. During this segment, they pretended to answer the questions which Lawrence pretended to ask.

Anon 6:53 - Just in case you really don't know, the "job" is to find the facts. We should be able to expect that the NYT would be able to provide that service, since that is what they claim to do. When they fail, it should be helpful to you for you to know that. Other organizations (like MSNBC) could provide this service and provide a check on the NYT, however, they are apparently not always capable of that. Can you see the problem if there is no check on facts? How do you know the "facts" you are getting from other sources (Fox News?) are actually the facts? Does it matter?

Brewer is not Ivy educated so she is too ignorant to know that she was demeaned by Trump giving her a swimsuit and complimenting the way she looked in it. Women need New York Times reporters to properly identify what happened to them and show readers how a woman was victimized. If the woman felt good about the flirtation, it's best to feminisplain to her why the man, if heterosexual, was a disgusting pig for enjoying her appearance and that she is pathetic for enjoying his attention.

Flirtation is a word that applies to high school romances. With someone like Trump, his demands that she change into a revealing outfit so that he could include her in his lavish lifestyle is more like a financial transaction. It doesn't matter that she was happy with the bargain she struck. He is a disgusting pig for buying women and for using beauty as his selection criterion. No one called Brewer stupid. They called her a victim and she was, just as we are all victims of the plutocrats in our society, who use their money to buy things others cannot. Trump has no doubt already discovered that you cannot buy love, but he apparently doesn't care. Another reason not to vote for him.

Joseph Cannon is reporting that Trump has an escort service operating out of the Trump Tower. It originally had his name on it but changed its name. Whether he owns the business or not, he was willing to endorse the buying and selling of women.